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[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Susan Foreman

In memory of Myra Francis (1943 - 2021)

Played Lady Adrasta in 'The Creature From The Pit'

Shame. She was a fantastic villain and the highlight of the story for me.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #359

Name: Caroline John (1940 – 2012)
Year(s): 1970 - 1970 / 1983 [26 episodes]
Stories: Spearhead From Space episode 1 – Inferno episode 7 / The Five Doctors
Character(s): Liz Shaw / Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw
NOTE:

• Was married to Who actor Geoffrey Beevers
• Was the mother of Who Big Finish actress Daisy Ashford
• Was the aunt of Who actress Souska John
• Was the sister of Who P.A Nicholas John
• Also appeared in the 1983 Children In Need special 'Dimensions In Time'
• Reprised the role of Liz Shaw in the Direct-to-video P.R.O.B.E.stories 'The Zero Imperative', 'The Devil of Winterborne', 'Unnatural Selection' and 'Ghosts of Winterborne'
• Appeared in the Big Finish audio stories 'Dust Breeding' and the Companion Chronicle stories 'The Blue Tooth', 'Shadow of the Past', 'The Sentinels of the New Dawn', 'Binary' and 'The Last Post'
• Read the Audiobook recordings of 'Doctor Who and the Cave-Monsters', 'Doctor Who and the Auton Invasion' and 'Inferno'

Before Who:
Films: Raising a Riot (1955), Much Ado About Nothing (1967)
Television: The King's Breakfast (1963) / Teletale: The Black Madonna (1963) / The Power Game: The New Minister (1969)

After Who:
Films: The Roses of Eyam (1973), Assassin (1973),The Way of the World (1975), Enemies of the State (1983), A Pattern of Roses (1983), Goodbye Days (1984), The Razor's Edge (1984), Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), Link (1986), A Day in Summer (1989), The Woman in Black* (1989), It Could Be You (1995), Kiss and Tell (1996), The Woodlanders (1997), Love Actually* (2003)

Television: The Doctors [8 episodes as Marilyn Lane (1971)] / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: Madame Sara* (1971) / Omnibus: Actor, I Said (1972) / ITV Sunday Night Drama: Don't feed the fish (1972) / Z Cars: Operation Ascalon (1972) / Love Story: Kippers and White Wine (1973) / Crown Court: No Spoiling (1973) / The Hound of the Baskervilles (1982) / The Bill [3 episodes, different characters (1985-1993)] / A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery: Gaudy Night (1987) / A Perfect Spy: (1987) / A Very British Coup: (1988) / Dramarama: The Alien (1988) / Casualty: Drake's Drum (1988) / Poirot: Problem at Sea (1989) / Wish Me Luck [5 episodes as Helene Renard (1990)] / Chancer: Trust (1990), Harry Enfield's Television Programme [4 episodes as Housekeeper (1990)] / Moon and Son: GI Joe Is Missing (1992) / London's Burning (1992) / The House of Eliott (1994) / The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Dying Detective (1994) / Against All Odds The Promise (1994) / The Choir [3 episodes as Janet Young (1995)] / EastEnders: (1995) / Silent Witness: Darkness Visible (1996) / In Suspicious Circumstances: Murder of a Memsahib (1996) / Dangerfield: Inside Out (1996) / Midsomer Murders: Blue Herrings* (2000) / Vital Signs: (2006) / Doctors: Mummy Dearest (2008)

[Susan Foreman]

Story reported today (and almost certainly only today) on the 'Doctor Who.TV site'

Doctor Who and Star Wars to Crossover

"What was once just fan fiction is set to become a reality. Disney and the BBC today announces an epic crossover event between sci-fi juggernauts STAR WARS and DOCTOR WHO.

Writer Chris Chibnall will collaborate with Rian Johnson (THE LAST JEDI) to bring the special to life.

The plot will bring together the Thirteenth Doctor (Jodie Whittaker) and Rey Skywalker (Daisy Ridley). These fan-favourites will end up going on an epic adventure when the TARDIS lands in a galaxy far, far away… The duo will also bump into familiar faces, both old and new. Further casting will be announced in the coming months.

Chris Chibnall said: “I’m thrilled to be working on this epic collaboration with Rian, a true visionary like myself. While it’s exciting enough just to see the Doctor and Rey together, just wait until Baby Yoda and the Mighty Pting meet. It’s a match made in heaven!”

Rian Johnson said: “Way back in 2012, I said I would nerdgasm if I could work on DOCTOR WHO. Well, here I am, finally. And you’d better believe it’s happening!”

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said: “STAR WARS and DOCTOR WHO have been on similar trajectories for the last few years. Both have gone in bold new directions, and fans have loved it every step of the way. It’s only right that now we join forces.”

Jodie Whittaker said: “I can’t wait to team up with Daisy. I’m not really a STAR WARS fan, but I, of course, recognise a fellow icon!”

Daisy Ridley said: “What Jodie said.”

David Tennant said: “I’m probably involved in this… I usually am these days.”

STAR WHO is executive produced by Chris Chibnall, Rian Johnson and Kathleen Kennedy. J.J. Abrams will direct.

Filming is set to begin in the coming months, and will broadcast on BBC iPlayer and Disney+."

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A Monoid with Dodo Chaplet (Jackie Lane) in The Ark (1966)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #360

Name: Hugh Burden (1913 – 1985)
Year(s): 1970
Stories: Spearhead From Space episode 1 – Spearhead From Space episode 4
Character(s): Channing
NOTE: Was considered for the role of Edward Waterfield in the 1967 story 'The Evil of the Daleks'

Before Who:
Films: Turn Round (1937), Death Croons the Blues (1937), The Rivals (1938), Charles and Mary (1938), Ships with Wings (1941), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), The Way Ahead (1944), Fortunato (1947), Fame Is the Spur (1947), The Brontes (1947), Lovers' Meeting or, a Handbook to Courting (1947), Sleeping Car to Trieste (1948), The Man of Destiny (1950), Twelve Thousand (1950), Nocturne in Scotland (1951), Ebb Tide (1952), Music at Night (1952), Ghost Ship* (1952), A Doll's House (1952), Rheingold Theatre (1953), Malta Story (1953), The Truth About Pyecraft (1959), Less Than Kind (1959), No Love for Johnnie (1961), The Secret Partner (1961), Not at All (1962), Hotel Incident (1962), Funeral in Berlin* (1966), The Inn Way Out (1967), The Best House in London (1969)

Television: The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Frightened Tailor (1957) / Armchair Theatre [4 episodes, different characters (1957-1967)] / Hour of Mystery: Wormwood (1957) / Saturday Playhouse: A Likely Tale (1958) / The Last Chronicle of Barset [6 episodes as Mr. Crawley (1959)] / ITV Play of the Week: The Hungry God (1959) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: What the Public Wants (1959) / ITV Television Playhouse [3 episodes, different characters (1959-1960)] / No Hiding Place [2 episodes, different characters (1960-1962)] / Somerset Maugham Hour [2 episodes, different characters (1960-1962)] / Maigret [2 episodes, different characters (1960-1963)] / Probation Officer (1961) / Top Secret: The Little One Is Dangerous (1961) / Tales of Mystery [2 episodes, different characters (1961-1962)] / It Happened Like This: Fer-de-Lance (1963) / Ghost Squad: Escape Route (1963) / Suspense [2 episodes, different characters (1963)] / The Avengers: The Grandeur That Was Rome (1963) / The Ordeal of Richard Feverel [4 episodes as Sir Austin Feverel (1964)] / Drama 61-67: Drama '64: It's Sad About Eddie (1964) / The Man in Room 17: The Millions of Mazafariyah (1965) / R3: Unwelcome Visitor (1965) / Z Cars: Cop and Blow (1965) / Public Eye: I Could Set It to Music (1966) / Conflict: The Cocktail Party (1967) / Theatre 625: The Lost Years of Brian Hooper (1967) / Man in a Suitcase: The Revolutionaries (1968) / The Gamblers: Days of Heroes (1968) / Strange Report: Report 0649: Skeleton - Let Sleeping Heroes Lie (1969), The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder [16 episodes as Mr. J.G. Reeder (1969-1971)]

After Who:
Films: The Statue (1971), Blood from the Mummy's Tomb* (1971), The Ruling Class (1972), The House in Nightmare Park* (1973), The Cricket Match (1973), One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975), Two Foolish Men (1983), Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984)

Television: The Misfit: On Not Being Lost (1970) / Conceptions of Murder: The Dreams of Tim Evans (1970) / ITV Playhouse: Beneath the Tide (1971) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: A Chance Encounter (1973) / Sporting Scenes: England, Their England (1973) / Barlow: Restitution (1974) / Fall of Eagles [2 episodes as Protopopov (1974)] / Jackanory Playhouse: The King of Argos (1976) / BBC2 Playhouse: Kites (1976) / Jackanory: Nothing Ever Happens on Sundays [5 episodes as Storyteller (1976)] / The Crezz [10 episodes as Dr. Balfour-Harvey (1976)] / Leap in the Dark: Parlour Games (1977) / The Sunday Drama: A Superstition (1977) / BBC2 Play of the Week: Fairies (1978) / Screenplay: Gossip from the Forest (1979) / Crown Court: Soldier, Soldier (1982) / Jemima Shore Investigates: The Crime of the Dancing Duchess (1983)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

A strange light in the sky above Fang Rock lighthouse in 1977's Horror of Fang Rock.

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #361

Name: Neil Wilson (1916 – 1975)
Year(s): 1970
Stories: Spearhead From Space episode 1 – Spearhead From Space episode 3
Character(s): Sam Seeley

Before Who:
Films: The Tempest (1951), The Lavender Hill Mob (1951), Island Rescue (1951), The Florentine Apprentice (1952), I Believe in You (1952), Angels One Five (1952), The Gentle Gunman (1952), The Emperor Jones (1953), The Green Scarf (1954), Time Is My Enemy (1954), Burnt Evidence (1954), You Lucky People (1955), Murder on Approval (1955), Strike (1955), The Ladykillers (1955), Fun at St Fanny's (1955), Postmark for Danger (1955), The Time of His Life (1955), Tons of Trouble (1956), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Passport to Treason (1956), The Battle of the River Plate (1956), X the Unknown* (1956), Just My Luck (1957), The Critical Point (1957), Rigoletto (1958), The Strange World of Planet X (1958), No Safety Ahead (1959), Operation Bullshine (1959), Bottoms Up (1960), Flame in the Streets (1961), The Devil Inside (1961), The Jelly End Strike (1961), Pit of Darkness (1961), Three Spare Wives (1962), Jailbreak (1962), She Knows Y' Know (1962), Trial and Error (1962), The Damned (1962), Night Cargoes (1962), A Hard Day's Night* (1964), The Early Bird (1965), Alfie (1966), The Sandwich Man (1966), Press for Time (1966), The Other People (1968), All Neat in Black Stockings (1969), Staircase (1969)

Television: The Man in Armour: [7 episodes as Sappho Holyrood (1951)] / The Quatermass Experiment [2 episodes as Policeman (1953)] / Clementina: The Road to Italy (1954) / As I Was Saying: For Art's Sake (1955) / Dixon of Dock Green* [32 episodes as PC 'Tubb' Barrell (1955-1963)] / The Grove Family: Later Two Men Were Detained (1955) / Shadow Squad: Boomerang (1957) / Duty Bound: Where There's Smoke... (1958) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre : The Lost Men (1958) / BBC Sunday-Night Theatre: The Great Adventure / Armchair Theatre: The Report on Jessie Dean / The Last Chronicle of Barset: The Arabins Return to Barchester (1959) / Charlesworth [14 episodes as Sergeant Wrothbury (1959)] / Knight Errant Limited: Mediterranean Cruise (1959) / Dial 999: Rat Trap (1959) / ITV Play of the Week: Loyalties (1960) / Probation Officer [5 episodes, different characters (1960-1961)] / The Long Way Home [5 episodes as Commissioned Gunner Parks (1960)] / On Trial: Sir Roger Casement (1960) / Emergency-Ward 10: (1960) / Police Surgeon [2 episodes as PC Grayson (1960)] / Barnaby Rudge: (1960) / Family Solicitor: Possession Order (1961) / The Avengers: Dance with Death (1961) / The Avengers: The Frighteners (1961) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Happiest Days of Your Life (1962) / Bonehead: Christmas Crackers (1962) / Silent Evidence: Simple Arithmetic (1962) / Saki (1962) / Maigret: The Dirty House (1962) / Compact: The Best Laid Plans (1962) / Suspense: On the Night of the Murder (1962) / Dimensions of Fear: Thoughts of Death (1963) / Bootsie and Snudge: Small Back Garden (1963) / Dr. Finlay's Casebook [30 episodes as Sergeant Gilbey (1963-1970)] / The Avengers: (1963) / The Plane Makers [3 episodes as Bill Payne (1963) / The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre: The Partner (1963) / No Hiding Place: Always a Copper (1963) / The Young Detectives (1963) / Detective: The Judas Window (1964) / Drama 61-67: Drama '64: A Fear of Strangers (1964) / Drama 61-67: Drama '64: A Menace to Decent People (1964) / Public Eye: You Should Hear Me Eat Soup (1965) / The Sullavan Brothers: The Salvation Man (1965) / Thirteen Against Fate: The Lodger (1966) / The Saint: The Convenient Monster (1966) / Mrs. Thursday: No Tea for the Tallyman (1967) / The Newcomers: (1967) / The Avengers: The Interrogators* (1969) / The Wednesday Play: Doctor Atkinson's Daughter (1969) / Adventure Weekly: The Great Treasure Hunt (1969) / ITV Playhouse: Murder: Mr Buchanan (1969) / The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder: The Treasure Hunt (1969) / The First Lady: To Hell with Purity (1969) / The Main Chance: With All My Worldly Goods (1969) / Please Sir!: They're Off (1969) / Take Three Girls: Rhapsody for Misplaced Persons (1969)

After Who:
Films: The Last Grenade (1970), The Breaking of Bumbo (1970), The Horror of Frankenstein* (1970), It's the Only Way to Go (1970), Dulcima (1971), Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971), A Clockwork Orange* (1971), Steptoe & Son (1972), Sutherland's Law (1972), Ooh... You Are Awful (1972), All Creatures Great and Small (1975)

Television: Never a Cross Word: When Is a Spy...? (1970) / Z Cars: Lost (1970) / Kate: The Man Who Broke the Rules (1970) / The Misfit: On Management and Labour (1970) / Inside George Webley: The Light Is Dark Enough (1970) / Doctor in the House: Nice Bodywork - Lovely Finish (1970) / For the Love of Ada: Another Man (1970) / The Doctors: (1970) / His and Hers: Crime (1970) / If It Moves, File It [3 episodes as Godbolt (1970)] / Biography: Beethoven (1970) / The Adventures of Don Quick: The Higher the Fewer (1970) / Grady: Pieces on a Board (1970) / Mr. Digby Darling: Safe Breakers (1971) / Six Dates with Barker: 2774 AD - All the World's a Stooge (1971) / Kindly Leave the Kerb: The Magic Lantern (1971) / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Happy Days Are Here Again (1971) / The Fenn Street Gang* [5 episodes as Archie Drew (1971-1973)] / Thirty-Minute Theatre: Soldier Ants (1970) / The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Witness Sensation (1971) / The Persuaders!: Chain of Events (1971) / Suspicion: No Case to Answer (1971) / Budgie [2 episodes as Prison Officer Dooley (1971-1972)] / Alcock and Gander: The Strip Club (1972) / Lollipop Loves Mr Mole: Lollipop And The Two Bares (1972) / BBC Plays: The Stone Tape* (1972) / Nobody Is Norman Wisdom: (1973) / Casanova '73: (1973) / Play for Today: Mummy and Daddy (1973) / Orson Welles' Great Mysteries: The Ingenious Reporter (1973) / Sutherland's Law: The Device (1974) / Softly Softly - Task Force: Pop Goes the Weasel (1974) / Warship: Nothing to Starboard (1974) / Six Days of Justice: The Good Samaritan (1975)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

16 Years ago on Easter Saturday, this very day (If not date), the Autons were back causing carnage in the guise of shop window dummies as new showrunner Russell T Davies brought Doctor Who kicking and screaming into the 21st century with launch episode Rose (2005)

[Susan Foreman]

Who: Before And After #362

Name: Talfryn Thomas (1922 – 1982)
Year(s): 1970 / 1973
Stories: Spearhead From Space episode 1 / The Green Death episode 1 – The Green Death episodes 3
Character(s): Mullins / Davis 'Dave' Griffiths

Before Who:
Films: Son of the House (1962), Gypsy Girl (1966)
Television: Interpol Calling: Diamond S.O.S. (1959) / The Citadel [3 episodes as Chenkin's henchman (1960) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: The Squeeze (1960) / BBC Sunday-Night Play: Sparrow in a Cage (1962) / The Big Pull: (1962) / Armchair Theatre: Nothing to Pay (1962) / Garry Halliday [2 episodes, different characters (1962)] / Suspense: The Rescuers (1963) / Thirty Minute Theatre: The Dig (1963) / ITV Play of the Week: Uncle Selwyn (1964) / Festival: Under Milk Wood (1964) / No Hiding Place: Who Takes the Blame? (1964) / Z Cars [7 episodes, different characters (1964-1974)] / Ghost Squad: The Goldfish Bowl (1964) / Drama 61-67: Drama '64: The Big Toe (1964) / Ring Out an Alibi: Bang Goes an Alibi (1964) / Theatre 625: Parade's End #2 - No More Parades (1964) / Lil: Chapter and Verse (1965) / The Avengers: A Surfeit of H2O* (1965) / R3: It's Better to Know (1965) / Knock on Any Door: The Machine Minder (1965) / Quick Before They Catch Us: Mark of Distinction (1966) / Sergeant Cork: The Case of the Silent Bell (1966) / Adam Adamant Lives!: The Doomsday Plan (1966) / Crossroads [2 episodes as Mr. Wagstaffe (1966)] / The Saint: The House on Dragon's Rock (1966) / The Newcomers [2 episodes as Freddie (1966)] / Blackmail: I Love Ivor Diver - Why the Devil Doesn't He Love Me? (1966) / The Troubleshooters: - Home and Dry (1967) / St. Ives [4 episodes as Clausel (1967)] / Conqueror's Road: The Reckoning (1967) / The Flower of Gloster [4 episodes as Old Man Evans (1967)] / Out of Town Theatre: An Affair Has Been Arranged (1968) / The Ronnie Barker Playhouse: Tennyson (1968) / The Avengers: Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers... (1968) / Half Hour Story: Mr Universe and the Well Known Prisoner (1968) / The Champions: The Body Snatchers* (1968) / The Man in the Iron Mask [3 episodes as the Gaoler (1968)] / Softly Softly: Big Boats, Little Boats (1968) / Treasure Island [6 episodes as Saul Pike (1968)] / Dixon of Dock Green: Breaking Point (1969)

After Who:
Films: Choir Practice (1970), Under Milk Wood* (1971), Horace (1972), Gravediggers (1972), The Battle of Billy's Pond (1976), Come Play with Me (1977), Cicero: The Queen's Drum Horse (1977), Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1980)

Television: Menace: The Straight and the Narrow (1970) / Tales of Unease The Black Goddess (1970) / Brett: For Political and Public Services (1971) / Budgie: Everybody Loves a Baby (1971) / Television Club: Roy and the Danelli Job [5 episodes as Rollo Perkins (1971)] / A Family at War: Happy Returns (1971) / Play for Today: Edna, the Inebriate Woman (1971) / The Persuaders!: A Home of One's Own (1971) / Doomwatch: The Human Time Bomb* (1971) / Tottering Towers [13 episodes as Prayer-book Perce (1971-1972)] / Doomwatch: Fire and Brimstone (1972) / The Frighteners: The Disappearing Man (1972) / Coronation Street [3 episodes as Dirty Dick (1972)] / Stage 2: The Duchess of Malfi (1972) / The Onedin Line: Survivor (1972) / 7 of 1: I'll Fly You for a Quid (1973) / The Kids from 47A: The Final Demand (1973) / Armchair 30: Ross Evan's Story (1973) / Dad's Army [6 episodes as Private Cheeseman (1973-1974)] / Men of Affairs: ...As a New Born Babe (1974) / Perils of Pendragon: How to Rear an Ugly Head (1974) / Childhood: Possessions (1974) / Survivors* [7 episodes as Tom Price (1975)] / Get Some In!: Call-Up (1975) / Down the 'Gate: Held in Camera (1976) / The Government Inspector [2 episodes as Mr. Griffiths (1976)] / King of the Castle [7 episodes as Vine (1977)] / Treasure Island [4 episodes as Tom Morgan (1977)] / ITV Playhouse: The Case of Cruelty to Prawns (1979) / Turtle's Progress: (1979) / Worzel Gummidge: The Scarecrow Wedding (1980) / Cowboys: Remember Honky Stubbs (1980) / The Incredible Mr Tanner: The Wallet (1981) / Saturday Night Thriller: A Walk in the Dark (1982) / Hi-de-Hi!: Stripes (1982) / The Citadel (1983) / Then Churchill Said to Me: A Mole in the Hole (1993)

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Michelle Ryan as Lady Christina de Souza and David Tennant as the Doctor in a promo photo for Planet of the Dead which aired during Easter 2009.